Jury in two-jobs nurse case discharged after failing to reach verdict

The jury in the case of a nursing sister accused of risking safety by working during the day at a hospital and at night as a steel works agency nurse was today (fri) discharged after failing to reach a verdict.

The jury in the case of a nursing sister accused of risking safety by working during the day at a hospital and at night as a steel works agency nurse was today discharged after failing to reach a verdict.

At Swansea Crown Court, 55-year-old Diane Davies of Birchgrove, Swansea, a former nurse at Swansea’s Morriston Hospital, denied gaining a pecuniary advantage by failing to declare her second job at Llanelli’s Trostre steel works to her NHS employers.

She claimed “everyone at the hospital” knew about her secondary employment.

After deliberating for more than eight hours the jury members informed the judge through its foreman this afternoon there was no realistic prospect of them reaching a verdict.

The Crown Prosecution Service will decide over the next week whether or not a re-trial should be pursued.